Wow! I hadn't realized that it had been so long since I posted. Okay, this book is a Pulitzer Prize winner. It is a post-apocalyptic tale of the survival of a father and son. It follows them as they try to make their way towards the coast. The way the book is written is very interesting. The characters are never given names. Mr. McCarthy does not use quotation marks to mark the dialogue between characters. The story its self is very touching, and the love the father has for his son is very evident, he is all that the boy has left because the boys mother died right after the apocalyptic event, by committing suicide. The story is tough to read because it does hit close to home. The way Mr. McCarthy presents the story makes it really seem like it could happen. The father and son are on the run for their life from road agents who have turned into cannibals from the lack of food. At some points in the book it goes for weeks before the father can find food for him and the boy. They will steal other peoples belongings as other people will steal their belongings. The one thing that I do not like about the story is that it is never revealed what happened to put the world in that state. Over all the book is fantastic, if a little tough to swallow. I hope you all will read it and leave comments on what you think about it.
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